TTC Pink Food Thread - September

[swish]

I wouldn't worry, mocha, you're in the 2ww and you might be pregnant!! If not a few bits of pizza won't do you any harm, enjoy!!!
Today's food..
No breakfast
Lunch 2 pittas with humous and cucumber, green grapes, starburst, popcorn
Snack 3 chocolates
Dinner pasta with mushroom, leeks and creme fraiche, strawberries with 2 meringues, skittles

[Mochagirl]

The pizza only puts me over the limit for sodium. At 500mg per slice, even if I've eaten no sodium for the day, I end up at my limit with 2 slices. Today I've had 100mg of sodium, which means 2 slices put me over the limit! My protein should be fine, though, and I think that's the most important thing. The hardest part will be eating enough calories without adding to my sodium - with what I've already eaten today + 2 slices of cheese pizza, I've only had 1000 calories! Maybe I'll have a full sugar pop with supper then some candy when I get home.

[swish]

Sounds like a good plan! I've gone over sodium today, I think occasionally it's fine, it wasn't my attitude in the beginning but after all this time on the diet sometimes we need some wriggle room!

[Mochagirl]

I'm back from the pizza party. I managed to stop myself after two small pieces - it wasn't very good pizza anyway, so that helped with my self control. All they had to drink there was water, so I didn't have the chance to add to my calories during that meal. So far for my snack tonight I've had a can of regular Gingerale, a couple apples and some Fuzzy Peach candies, but I'm still only at 1400 calories! Even the Gingerale and the candy have some sodium, so now I'm waaaay above for sodium, and still don't have nearly enough calories!

7am: coffee
10am: cappuccino (at a friend's house - it felt so naughty!)
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic, grapes, chocolate wafer cookies
6pm: 2 slices cheese pizza
8:30pm: gingerale, Fuzzy Peach candies, 2 apples

[Mochagirl]

OMG! For fun I just typed a typical day's food pre-diet into FitDay, and I couldn't believe the numbers - 2600 calories, 99g of protein and 4000mg of sodium!!! This was just for a bowl of cereal, 4 slices of whole grain bread with a mix of tomato soup and melted cheese on top (rarebit - a comfort food from my youth), and 4 slices of cheese pizza for supper. This was just for 3 meals with no sides, desserts or snacks in between, which I would never normally do. I imagine once I added that stuff in I'd easily break 3000 calories and who knows how much sodium. I'm in shock. If you'd asked me before the diet if I ate well, I would have admitted to a weakness for snack food but would have said in general I ate moderately. And yes, 4 slices of pizza is a lot, and I don't eat pizza every night, but I do tend to eat huge portions for supper. I also can't believe the amount of protein when I didn't include any meat in my sample diet.

No wonder I lost weight so fast when I started restricting these things. I think I might continue keeping track of my nutrients even after I'm done with the diet, because that amount of calories and fat can't be good for anyone....

[swish]

Wow! That's interesting to know! I think I will still return to my pre sway diet, I felt a lot healthier before!
Today...
No breakfast
Lunch popcorn, rice w creme, grapes and lemon, 2 meringues, skittles
Snack 2 party ring biscuits, couple bits chocolate
Dinner will be vegetable curry, rice, 1 onion bajee

[rainbowflower]

Mocha you're right it all adds up doesn't it?

today..
lunch: Birds Eye rice bag + choc chip cookie
tea: pasta + philli + roasted veg
supper: 4 (oops!) chocolate cupcakes

[Mochagirl]

Today was a very strange day. This morning my cat got quite sick, and I had to bring her to the vet. She's spending the weekend there, and they don't know if she'll get better. Then tonight I volunteered setting up the twin club's used clothing sale. it was 6 hours of solid manual labour, and I'm EXHAUSTED! They said they'd feed us pizza at 6, but they didn't bring it until 8! All I'd had was a tiny bit of rice at noon and I'd been there working since 3, so I thought I was going to die!

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic, fruit creme cookies
3pm: apple
8pm: 3 small slices vegetarian pizza, Pepsi (full sugar)
10pm: 2 nectarines, Sour Patch Kids (I know it's soon to eat again, but I need to try to add some calories!)

So now I have the same problem as yesterday: sodium's too high, calories are too low.

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and I forgot to mention tomorrow I'm going to another girls' night in. Luckily, there'll be no pizza this time, but there will be tons of snacks, including homemade guacamole, which I low (I know - big no no). It's going to be really hard to resist all the food that will be there.

[zanacal]

Sorry about your cat mocha x FWIW, I think keepin your blood sugars low is the main thing in the 2ww and if you're going to eat guacamole now is the best time!